Human Computer Interaction Lab

Welcome to the Human Computer Interaction Group at the University of Waterloo! Continuing the tradition of user interface research in the Computer Graphics Lab (CGL) in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, our group's research centers on improving the ways computers can help people lead more productive, happy, and healthy lives, whether at home, work, or play.


Upcoming Appearances

CHI 2010

Perceptions and Practices of Usability in the Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) Community [PDF]
Terry, M., Kay, M., and Lafreniere, B. To appear in Proceedings of CHI 2010.

The Future of FLOSS in CHI Research and Practice [Website]
Bach, P. M. and Terry, M. Workshop at CHI 2010.

Communicating Software Agreement Content Using Narrative Pictograms [PDF]
Kay, M., and Terry, M. To appear at alt.chi 2010.

Redefining Sustainable Interaction Design
Friedberg, E. and Lank, E. To appear in CHI 2010 Workshop: Examining Appropriation, Re-use, and Maintenance for Sustainability.

Recent Appearances


CHI 2009

Friend or Foe? Examining CAS Use in Mathematics Research. [PDF]
Bunt, A., Terry, M., and Lank, E. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009.

DAS 2008

MathBrush: A System for Doing Math on Pen-Based Devices. [PDF]
Labahn, G., Lank, E., MacLean, S., Marzouk, M., Tausky, D. Proceedings of Document Analysis Systems, 2008.

UIST 2008

“Is the Sky Pure Today?” AwkChecker: An Assistive Tool for Detecting and Correcting Collocation Errors. [PDF] [Video]
Park, T., Lank, E., Poupart, P., and Terry, M. Proceedings of User Interface Software and Technology, 2008.

Kinematic Templates: End-User Tools for Content-Relative Cursor Manipulations. [PDF] [Video]
Fung, R., Lank, E., Latulipe, C., and Terry, M. Proceedings of User Interface Software and Technology, 2008.

SOUPS 2008

A User Study of Off-The-Record Messaging [PDF]
Ryan Stedman, Kayo Yoshida and Ian Goldberg, Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security, 2008

SBIM 2008

MathBrush: A Case Study for Interactive Pen-based Mathematics. [PDF]
George Labahn, Edward Lank, Mirette Marzouk, Andrea Bunt, Scott MacLean and David Tausky, EUROGRAPHICS Workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling, 2008.

GI 2008

Analyzing the Kinematics of Bivariate Pointing. [PDF]
Jamie Ruiz, David Tausky, Andrea Bunt, Edward Lank and Richard Mann, Proceedings of Graphics Interface, 2008.

A Model of Non-Preferred Hand Mode Switching. [PDF]
Jamie Ruiz, Andrea Bunt and Edward Lank, Proceedings of Graphics Interface, 2008.

CHI 2008

nomineeNominated for best paper award.
Renegade Gaming: Practices Surrounding Social Use of the Nintendo DS Handheld Gaming System. [PDF]
Christine Szentgyorgyi, Michael Terry and Edward Lank, Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2008.

ingimp: Introducing Instrumentation to an End-User Open Source Application. [PDF]
Michael Terry, Matthew Kay, Brad Van Vugt, Brandon Slack and Terry Park, Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2008, full paper.